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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThe Parang design consists of planting rows of thick knife like segments running in parallel diagonal bands. Parang ussualy alternated with narrower bands in a darker contrasting color. These darker bands contain another design element, a line of lozenge-shaped motifs call mlinjon. These are many variations of this basic striped pattern with its elegant sweeping lines, with over forty parang designs recordes. The most famous is the "parang rusak" which in its most classical form consisting of rows of softly folded parang. This motif also appears in media other than batik, including woodcarving and as ornamentation gamelan musical instrument